The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of VMware products and/or services in IT jobs advertised for the Colchester region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited VMware over the 3 months to 18 June 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Vendors for the Colchester region.

The figures below represent the IT job market in general and are NOT representative of salaries within VMware, Inc.

Location
3 months to
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
VMware
Rank 21 36 20
Rank change year-on-year
+15 -16
Permanent jobs citing VMware 11 5 26
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Colchester 6.077% 2.591% 10.08%
As % of the Vendors category 15.07% 5.435% 20.00%
Number of salaries quoted 11 5 14
Average salary £62,500 £32,500 £55,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+92.30% -40.90%
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £39,000 £39,000
% change year-on-year
-2.56% -
All Vendors
Colchester
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
73 92 130
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Colchester 40.33% 47.67% 50.39%
Number of salaries quoted 68 75 104
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -11.11%
90% offered a salary of more than £28,000 £27,500 £35,000
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £57,500 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
VMware
Essex

VMware
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing VMware across the Colchester region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

Colchester VMware Jobs Demand Trend

VMware
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing VMware across the Colchester region.

Colchester VMware Salary Trend

VMware
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing VMware across the Colchester region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

Colchester VMware Salary Histogram

VMware
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Colchester region citing VMware also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited VMware.

1 15 (83.33%) Windows
2 12 (66.67%) Finance
3 11 (61.11%) Citrix
4 10 (55.56%) Windows Server 2008
4 10 (55.56%) vSphere
5 9 (50.00%) Windows Server 2003
6 8 (44.44%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 7 (38.89%) Microsoft
7 7 (38.89%) Linux
7 7 (38.89%) E-Commerce
8 6 (33.33%) SAN
8 6 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
9 5 (27.78%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 5 (27.78%) Hyper-V
9 5 (27.78%) Red Hat
9 5 (27.78%) Clustering
9 5 (27.78%) Project Management
10 4 (22.22%) Active Directory
10 4 (22.22%) UNIX
10 4 (22.22%) Cisco
10 4 (22.22%) Banking
10 4 (22.22%) VCP5
11 3 (16.67%) Degree
11 3 (16.67%) SCCM
11 3 (16.67%) SCOM
11 3 (16.67%) DNS
11 3 (16.67%) HP
11 3 (16.67%) DHCP
11 3 (16.67%) Law
12 2 (11.11%) NetBackup

VMware
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Colchester region citing VMware also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited VMware. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 2 (11.11%) Documentum
2 1 (5.556%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
2 1 (5.556%) Exchange Server 2010
2 1 (5.556%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 1 (5.556%) MS Project
1 1 (5.556%) MS Office
1 1 (5.556%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 6 (33.33%) SAN
2 3 (16.67%) DHCP
2 3 (16.67%) DNS
3 1 (5.556%) TCP/IP
3 1 (5.556%) VPN
3 1 (5.556%) LAN
3 1 (5.556%) VoIP
3 1 (5.556%) WAN
3 1 (5.556%) Intranet
3 1 (5.556%) Internet
3 1 (5.556%) OSPF
3 1 (5.556%) BGP
3 1 (5.556%) NetScreen
3 1 (5.556%) Firewall
3 1 (5.556%) BIG-IP
3 1 (5.556%) Cisco IOS
3 1 (5.556%) Network Security
3 1 (5.556%) Cisco ASA
3 1 (5.556%) DMVPN
General
1 12 (66.67%) Finance
2 4 (22.22%) Banking
3 3 (16.67%) Law
4 1 (5.556%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 5 (27.78%) Technical Leader
2 4 (22.22%) Server Engineer
2 4 (22.22%) Systems Administrator
2 4 (22.22%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 3 (16.67%) Linux Systems Administrator
3 3 (16.67%) Server Administrator
3 3 (16.67%) Linux Administrator
4 1 (5.556%) Windows Administrator
4 1 (5.556%) Server Analyst
4 1 (5.556%) UNIX Systems Administrator
4 1 (5.556%) Junior Project Manager
4 1 (5.556%) UNIX Administrator
4 1 (5.556%) Systems Engineer
4 1 (5.556%) Support Engineer
4 1 (5.556%) Infrastructure Analyst
4 1 (5.556%) Administrator
4 1 (5.556%) Project Manager
4 1 (5.556%) Junior
4 1 (5.556%) Analyst
4 1 (5.556%) Systems Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 5 (27.78%) Clustering
2 2 (11.11%) Fat Client
2 2 (11.11%) Thin Client
3 1 (5.556%) Blackberry
3 1 (5.556%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 15 (83.33%) Windows
2 10 (55.56%) Windows Server 2008
3 9 (50.00%) Windows Server 2003
4 7 (38.89%) Linux
5 5 (27.78%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 4 (22.22%) UNIX
7 2 (11.11%) Windows XP
7 2 (11.11%) Windows 7
8 1 (5.556%) Windows Vista
8 1 (5.556%) Windows 2000
8 1 (5.556%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (38.89%) E-Commerce
2 5 (27.78%) Project Management
3 2 (11.11%) Document Management
3 2 (11.11%) Incident Management
4 1 (5.556%) Problem Management
4 1 (5.556%) Time Management
4 1 (5.556%) Data Migration
4 1 (5.556%) Waterfall
4 1 (5.556%) Change Control
4 1 (5.556%) Capacity Management
4 1 (5.556%) Change Management
4 1 (5.556%) Migration
4 1 (5.556%) Scrum
4 1 (5.556%) Business Continuity
4 1 (5.556%) Programme Management
4 1 (5.556%) Configuration Management
4 1 (5.556%) ITIL
4 1 (5.556%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.556%) SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (44.44%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 4 (22.22%) VCP5
3 3 (16.67%) Degree
4 1 (5.556%) APMP
4 1 (5.556%) CCNP
4 1 (5.556%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (5.556%) PMP
4 1 (5.556%) PMI Certification
4 1 (5.556%) CCSE
System Software
1 10 (55.56%) vSphere
2 6 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (27.78%) Hyper-V
4 4 (22.22%) Active Directory
5 1 (5.556%) VMware Server
5 1 (5.556%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 3 (16.67%) SCCM
1 3 (16.67%) SCOM
2 2 (11.11%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 11 (61.11%) Citrix
2 7 (38.89%) Microsoft
3 5 (27.78%) Red Hat
4 4 (22.22%) Cisco
5 3 (16.67%) HP
6 2 (11.11%) Symantec
7 1 (5.556%) Wyse
7 1 (5.556%) Blue Coat
7 1 (5.556%) Tandberg
7 1 (5.556%) Infoblox
7 1 (5.556%) Imperva
7 1 (5.556%) F5
7 1 (5.556%) SAP
7 1 (5.556%) CheckPoint